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67k | Lewis Ashfield Kimberly was born 22 April 1838, in Troy, N.J., and was appointed a Midshipman 8 December 1946. From 1847 to 1860 he was in the African, Pacific, and East India Squadrons. During the Civil War he served on Potomac in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, and took part in the Mississippi River operations at Port Hudson, Grand Gulf, and Vicksburg. He was Executive Officer of Hartford, in the Battle of Mobile Bay, and was warmly commended for gallant and efficient service.
During the period 1866 to 1889 he cruised in European, Atlantic, Pacific, and East Indian waters. He commanded Canonicus, Monongahela, and Omaha, before assuming the Presidency of the Naval Examining Board in 1885 with the rank of Commodore. On 11 April 1887, he took command of the Asiatic Station, and 2 months later was promoted to Rear Admiral. While Commander in Chief of the Pacific station, he was unable to save his flagship Trenton for a violent typhoon which struck Samoa 15 to 17 March 1889. Guiding his men with the inspiring words, "If we go down, let us do so with our flag flying," Kimberly skillfully beached his flagship, losing only one man in the raging storm that wrecked Trenton. Following his return to the United States in January 1890, Rear Admiral Kimberly was appointed President, Board of Inspection and Survey; and he held that post until retirement in April 1892. Rear Admiral Kimberly died in West Newton, Mass., 28 January 1902.
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 48586, courtesy of the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, February 1935. | Tony Cowart |
USS Kimberly (DD-521)
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| 138k | Undated, location unknown. Probably taken from the deck of LST-647 somewhere around Okinawa. | Terry Smith |
| 137k | Amidships looking aft plan view of the USS Taylor (DD-468) in San Francisco on 20 January 1944. The USS Kimberly (DD-521) is at the opposite pier with an unidentified oiler on the opposite side of Kimberly. | Darryl Baker |
| 98k | Bow on view of USS Kimberly (DD-521) departing Mare Island on 6 October 1944. | Darryl Baker |
| 101k | Broadside view of USS Kimberly (DD-521) off Mare Island on 6 October 1944. | Darryl Baker |
| 94k | Stern view of USS Kimberly (DD-521) departing Mare Island on 6 October 1944. | Darryl Baker |
| 108k | Forward plan view of USS Kimberly (DD-521) outboard of USS Young (DD-580) at Mare Island on 26 June 1945. | Darryl Baker |
| 159k | Aft plan view of USS Kimberly (DD-521) outboard of USS Young (DD-580) at Mare Island on 26 June 1945. | Darryl Baker |
| 170k | USS Kimberly (DD-521), looking forward, while the ship was at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 26 June 1945. Note the cap of her forward smokestack, and the antenna for her SC-2 air search radar atop the foremast. Official U.S. Navy Photograph from the collections of the U.S. National Historical Center. Photo # NH 99746. | Robert Hurst |
| 78k | Taken from Missouri (BB-63) while underway, 05 October 1945. | Greg Skidmore |
| 91k | USS Missouri as seen across the fantail of the USS Kimberly (DD-521) while enroute ot the Panama Canal, 11 October 1945. | Edward H. Cleary |
| 89k | Kimberly passing under the Cooper River Bridge, Charleston, SC, fall 1945. Her name painted amidship indicates she is returning from the Navy Day parade at New York City in October 1945. | Charles Good / Ed Grune |
| 65k | At San Francisco, CA, circa 1945. | Marc Piché |
| 121k | Off Charleston, SC, February 1951, submitted in memory of Korean War crewman Joseph Fedynich. | Jonathan Gabel/Donald E. Pribble |
| 126k | Photograph from Donald E. Pribble, who was Yeoman/Personnelman aboard the Kimberly, June 1951-January 1954. | Donald E. Pribble |
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113k | Kimberly (DD-521) underway, probably off Charleston Navy Yard after her 1951-52 recommissioning/refit. Framed photo given to GM3 William H. Reinbott upon his discharge from the Navy. Photo submitted by his son, Rick Reinbott. | Rick Reinbott |
| 113k | As above. | Donald E. Pribble |
| 143k | A great idea done by Don's daughter in honor of her father. | Donald E. Pribble |
Memorabilia
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| 80k | Ship's patch. | Gerd Matthes |
 ROCS Ān Yáng [安陽]
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| 107k | Ān Yáng (D 19) underway, location unknown. Courtesy of Toshio Tamura. | Robert Hurst |
| 64k | In Taiwanese service, circa 1969. | Marc Piché |
| 81k | Newsphoto of the sinking of the Ān Yáng in the Southwest small Ryukyu Islands sea area, October 14 2003. | - |
| 14k | As above | - |
| 36k | As above | - |
